Patents by Inventor DANIELLE C. FRANCE

DANIELLE C. FRANCE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Resonator and process for performing biological assay
    Patent number: 9725752
    Abstract: A process for assaying a biological sample includes: receiving a reference sample by an acoustic article including: a resonator including: a substrate; a piezoelectric member; and a phase noise detector; disposing the reference sample on the piezoelectric member; producing a reference phase noise signal; detecting the reference phase noise signal; disposing a biological sample on the piezoelectric member; producing a first biological phase noise signal; detecting the first biological phase noise signal; contacting the biological sample disposed on the piezoelectric member with an antimicrobial agent; producing a second biological phase noise signal; detecting the second biological phase noise signal; and analyzing the first biological phase noise signal, the second biological phase noise signal, and the reference phase noise signal to assay the biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Ward L. Johnson, Danielle C. France, Teresa L. Kirschling, Fred L. Walls
  • RESONATOR AND PROCESS FOR PERFORMING BIOLOGICAL ASSAY
    Publication number: 20170044589
    Abstract: A process for assaying a biological sample includes: receiving a reference sample by an acoustic article including: a resonator including: a substrate; a piezoelectric member; and a phase noise detector; disposing the reference sample on the piezoelectric member; producing a reference phase noise signal; detecting the reference phase noise signal; disposing a biological sample on the piezoelectric member; producing a first biological phase noise signal; detecting the first biological phase noise signal; contacting the biological sample disposed on the piezoelectric member with an antimicrobial agent; producing a second biological phase noise signal; detecting the second biological phase noise signal; and analyzing the first biological phase noise signal, the second biological phase noise signal, and the reference phase noise signal to assay the biological sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: WARD L. JOHNSON, DANIELLE C. FRANCE, TERESA L. KIRSCHLING, FRED L. WALLS